Downing, Julie. Night in the City. Julie Downing, Illus. Neal Porter, 03/2023. 40pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool-3. $18.99. 978-0-8234-5206-4. OUTSTANDING. A brown-skinned child’s schedule (asleep at night and awake during the day) is juxtaposed with [continue reading]
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Elf Dog and Owl Head Review
Anderson, M. T. Elf Dog and Owl Head. Junyi Wu, Illus. Candlewick, 04/2023. 240pp. Fiction. GRADES 3 – 6. $18.99. 978-1-5362-2281-4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Clay’s summer, stuck at home with bickering siblings and stressed parents during [continue reading]
My School My World Review
Peters, Katie. My School My World. (Pull Ahead Readers—Nonfiction Series). Lerner, 01/2023. 16pp. GRADES Kindergarten – 2. $25.32. 978-1-7284-7598-1. Paper $ 7.99. 978-1-7284-7890-6. LOW ADDITIONAL. Please see Clothes We Wear by Katie Peters for series [continue reading]
Holiday Fun My World Review
Peters, Katie. Holiday Fun My World. (Pull Ahead Readers – Nonfiction Series). Lerner, 01/2023. 16pp.Reader. GRADES Kindergarten – 2. $25.32. 978-1-7284-7596-7. Paper $ 7.99. 978-1-7284-7888-3. LOW ADDITIONAL. Please see Clothes We Wear by Katie Peters [continue reading]
Indestructible Tom Crean Review
Thermes, Jennifer. Indestructible Tom Crean, The: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic. Jennifer Thermes, Illus. Penguin, 01/2023. 56pp. Biography. GRADES 1 – 4. $19.99. 978-0-593-11772-9. OUTSTANDING. Antarctic explorer Tom Crean comes to life in a colorful [continue reading]
Infestation Review
Precious, McKenzie. Infestation. Sinkhole Series. Lerner/Darby Creek, 01/2023. 106pp. Fiction. GRADES 6 – 12. PLB $29.32. 978-1-7284-7547-9. Paper $ 9.99. 978-1-7284-7794-7. ADDITIONAL. Please see Cursed by Susan Koehler for series review. Joshua Rees—Daly City Public [continue reading]
Lizard Scientists Review
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Lizard Scientists, The : Studying Evolution in Action. Nate Dappen and Neil Losin, Illus. Scientists in the Field Series. Clarion, 12/2022. 73pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 5 – 8. $18.99. 978-0-35-838140-2. ADDITIONAL. Anyone looking [continue reading]
Different for Boys Review
Ness, Patrick. Different for Boys. Tea Bendix, Illus. Walker/Candlewick, 03/2023. 97pp. Fiction. GRADES 9 – 12. $18.99. 978-1-5362-2889-2. OUTSTANDING. This wistful and reflective novella about identity, isolation, and the yearning to belong was originally published [continue reading]